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Welsh should be a natural part of everyday life across Wales - in workplaces, sports clubs, online and in local communities – for the language to thrive in the future.

Unrecorded historic place names are being collected and recorded through community gathering sessions, adding to a national record of more than 715,000 entries.

A popular online platform for Welsh-language live music is expanding, with the launch of a new Awni? mobile app.

This summer, a series of special celebrations will mark 850 years since the first National Eisteddfod was held, providing an opportunity to celebrate Wales’s rich cultural heritage and encouraging more people to take part in Welsh language events.

Capel Rhondda, the birthplace of one of Wales’ most recognisable hymns, Bread of Heaven / Cwm Rhondda, is now safe in the hands of the community. After its future hung in the balance, the former Baptist chapel is beginning a new chapter, thanks to a community fundraising campaign that secured the purchase of the building, alongside support through the Welsh Government’s Perthyn scheme. 

Community groups across Wales are being reminded that there is still time to apply for the Perthyn grant, which supports communities to develop social enterprises or community-led housing projects.

Health and Social Care workers across Wales are increasing their confidence to use the Welsh language with patients and colleagues, thanks to a Welsh Government programme to strengthen language choice within the health service.

Community groups across Wales can now apply for grants of up to £10,000 to help them start a social business or community-led housing project.

The public are being asked to help safeguard Welsh language place names, as part of new plans to protect our linguistic heritage.

The free Get Welsh Words website answers the common question "What's the Welsh word for...?"

Record numbers of people are taking up Welsh lessons in the Wrexham area, with 640 people having completed a course in 2023-24. This is up 82% since 2017-18.

The First Minister will celebrate Wrexham’s new-found success as a global cultural and sporting destination as she visits the National Eisteddfod today.